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Send us Fan Mail This week, Max fascinates us with the history of a Pharaoh almost lost to history-- Hatshepsut. (And at the end, Janey reads us smut!) Enjoy! Sources: “The Queen Who Would Be King” by Elizabeth B. Wilson for Smithsonian Magazine   “Hatshepsut” for History.com  “Who was Hatshepsut?” by Kristin Baird Rattini for National Geographic  “Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh” exhibition at...

Send us Fan Mail Hello,  autumn babies! Welcome to the new episode! This week, Max will tell us the classic Easter story of the white weasel/Christ allegory (?), and Janey will once again reiterate that we are #TeamTroll first and always. Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Troll Ride “An Illustrated Treasury of Swedish Folk and Fairy Tales”   Full text of “The Troll in the Ditch”   Anna Wahlenberg Wikip...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Janey goes way off topic to talk about the history of the Oklahoma Panhandle, the Missouri Compromise, Bleeding Kansas, and the unofficial capital of the United States-- Beer City! Cheers! Oklahoma’s Panhandle (Tiktok)   Why Oklahoma has a Panhandle   The Missouri Compromise (National Geographic)   What Was the Missouri Compromise? History  (presented by Paul Laudiero!)...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to episode 101! This week, Janey is going to tell us a quaint little tale about a girl and her horse (TW the horse does not make it to the end of this story), and Max tells us the Shark Boy x Totoro love story we never knew we needed. (Let's never talk about HEA, okay???) Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Goose Girl “The Goose Girl” Free Text   The Goose-Girl wik...

Send us Fan Mail On today's Off Topic, Max tells us all about the shipwreck that inspired The Goonies, and Janey and Max develop a deep, deep love for a sensitive poet/lawyer/psychologist/conservationist.  Sources: “The Ghost Hunter” by Leah Sottile for The Atavist Magazine   “Unbind the Soul” - three poems from Cameron La Follette  “ The Unsolved Mystery of Oregon’s Beeswax Wreck” by Jennife...

Send us Fan Mail HELLO and welcome to Episode 100!!!! We recorded this episode live on a zoom call with some of the members of our Patreon, and had a blast doing it! On this episode, Max tells us about a wizard who loves Girl Dinner, and Janey tells the story of a little pig with a bad attitude! Thanks for sticking around for 100 episodes! Janey’s Sources - The Pig Prince “The World Treasury of Fa...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and happy Off-Topic Season! We are kicking off our 6-episode season with Janey's deep-dive into Fleetwood Mac. Sources: “Fleetwood Mac: Back on the Chain Gang” article by Rolling Stone  Christine McVie on why she and John McVie split up   A timeline of Fleetwood Mac’s relationship drama   Behind the Beef   An Interview with Jeremy Spencer   Why Bob Welch left Fleetwood...

Send us Fan Mail CW for violence against animals in Max's tale. It's 99 and we're feeling fine! Today Janey tells us about a colorful mother-in-law from HELL, and Max tell us the classic story of Puss in Boots! Janey’s Sources - The Queen of Many Colors “Tales of Superhuman Strength: 55 Traditional Stories from Around the World” by Csenge Virág Zalka   Grateful Dead tale type wikipe...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Max is going to tell us a story of a She-Devil who lights a flame in our cold, cold hearts, and Janey is going to tell us a story about a 21-year-journey that is made possible because of a small yappy dog! Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Griffin “The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe”   Norwegian Folktales wikipedia   Max’s Sources - La Diable...

Send us Fan Mail Hello! On today's episode, Janey is going to talk in detail about Scandinavian changeling lore, and Max is going to tell us a spooky Haitian story about why it's important to listen to your children! Have a great week, you ding-dang piles of S****! <3 Janey’s Sources -  The Witch Scandinavian Folk & Fairy Tales Edited by Claire Booss   University of Pittsburg coll...

Send us Fan Mail TRIGGER WARNING: Violence and brief loss of limbs (they get them back because it's a fairytale, but it is still shocking to hear) Hello! On today's episode, Max is going to tell us about a little cat who can do amazing tricks, like open doors, drive chariots, and (oh yeah) save princesses from giants! Janey is going to tell us an Egyptian tale about a man who was so susc...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to episode 95! On today's episode, Janey is going to make us fall madly in love with a sea god with a green mustache (who is not the main character in the story?!), and Max is going to prove, yet again, that it doesn't matter how dumb he is, white men fail up. Lightning McQueen!  Janey’s Sources - The King of Persia and the Princess of the Sea Full Text...

Send us Fan Mail Hello! Welcome to our first episode of AUGUST. This week Max is going to tell us about a bear with some serious issues, and Janey is going to tell us about a terrible thief and a better liar. Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Partnership of the Thief and the Liar Andrew Lang’s “The Gray Fairy Book”   Free Text   Max’s Sources - The Bear in the Forest Hut "Slavic Myths" edited...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to the episode where Janey tells you the worst ending to a story EVER (and makes you simp hard for Charles Dickens), and Max tells us about a naughty little chicken who will haunt your dreams! Janey’s Sources - The Magic Fishbone Full story on Project Gutenberg   Charles Dickens wikipedia   Max’s Sources - Kuratko the Terrible "The Shepherd's Nosegay: S...

Send us Fan Mail Hello! On today's episode, Max is going to tell us a spoooOOOoooky Japanese ghost story that'll make you remember to wear a life jacket, and Janey is going to tell us about 12 dancing serial killers-- I mean, princesses. RIP BTS. Janey’s Sources - The Twelve Dancing Princesses Andrew Lang’s, The Rainbow Fairy Book   Free text of the Brother’s Grimm version   “Nous n&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to the Meadow Episode, where Janey will tell us all about a flower that does NOT want you to pick it, and Max will give us the lesbian love story of our dreams! Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - Touch-Me-Not “Dancing on Blades: Rare and Exquisite Folktales from the Carpathian Mountains” edited by Csenge Virág Zalka   Max’s Sources - The Wood-Lady "Slavic Myths"...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to our 90th episode!!! Today Max is going to teach us that mother-in-law jokes work in every species, and Janey is going to make us cry our eyes out with a spooky mountain tale about moms! Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - Boo Mama The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia M. McKissack   Max’s Sources - The Husband of the Rat's Daughter Andrew L...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to an extra-long episode! Today, Janey is going to tell us about a monster-f***ing love triangle that would make Stephanie Meyer blush, and Max is going to tell us about a veil-snatching villain who gets the girl! Janey’s Sources - Sun Girl and Dragon Prince “ The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women ” by Katrin Tchana (illustrated by Trina Schart Hym...

Send us Fan Mail Today Max is going to tell us about a magical white duck, and Janey is going to tell us about a pissed off brown bull. Some other colors might get thrown around here and there, possibly because Janey misses teaching children about art? Who knows? Slainte! Janey’s Sources - The Brown Bull of Cooley Full story   Ronnie Drew’s Irish Myths and Legends retelling of the Cattle Raid of C...

Send us Fan Mail Good morrow! Today Janey is going to tell us the story of that time the cutest member of King Arthur's court got married to a hideous beast! And Max is going to drop a new cryptid that'll really make your head spin! Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Marriage of Sir Gawain The Virago Book of Witches , edited by Shahrukh Husain    The Marriage of Sir Gawain wikipedia   " S...

Send us Fan Mail G'day mates! Today Max is going to warn us all about the dangers of leaving our faces unattended after we die, and Janey is going to describe the perfect blended family dynamic. Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The One-Handed Girl The Lilac Fairy Book   by Andrew Lang   Full story on Youtube   Wikipedia entry   Max’s Sources - The Story of Thelyphron, the Student "The World&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Hello friends! Our accidental theme today is "Native tales"! Sit back and relax while Janey tells us a Cheyenne tale of a little girl who wants brothers, and Max tells us the heartbreaking and uplifting Inuit story of a skeleton in love. Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Sister and Her Seven Brothers  “The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales ” retold b...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and Bob White to everyone! We hope you enjoy this episode where Max tells a first-draft version of "Ferris Beuller's Day Off," and Janey tells us the romantic origins of Sesame Street's favorite OCD vampire, The Count. Ping Pong Bye! Janey’s Sources - How the Hermit Helped to Win the King’s Daughter “The Pink Fairy Book” edited by Andrew Lang  Free Text  ...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode has everything : pretty maids, little fellows, babies playing flutes in hurricanes, and more! Janey’s Sources - Pretty Maid Ibronka “The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales” by Angela Carter   “No one got Angela Carter like Corinna Sargood”   by Susanna Clapp for The Guardian   Corinna Sargood show at Black Swan Gallery   Selvedge piece on Corinna Sargood’s “Pic...

Send us Fan Mail Happy May, everybody! Today Max is going to tell a Cuban tale about a strong man who fools the regular ol' devil, and Janey is going to explore some Jewish folktales about dummies who don't understand how the Sun works, and a little boy who can turn Sesame Street into a religious experience!  Max’s Sources - How El Bizzarón Fooled the Devil “Favorite Folktales from Aroun...